This chapter is adopted under authority granted
by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of July
31, 1968, P.L. 805, as amended.
Driveways provide service to properties from
streets and highways and shall be located to provide the best visibility
possible within the limits of the property that each driveway serves.
No person or persons, firm, association, partnership,
corporation, or any other entity shall at any time install a driveway
which enters upon or exits upon a public road or street located within
the Borough limits of the Borough of Riverside without first having
applied for an application thereof and secured a permit therefor.
Any person or persons, firm, association, partnership,
corporation or any other entity required to procure an application
shall apply for such application, in writing, to the Secretary of
the Borough of Riverside. The application shall be signed by the applicant
applying for the said permit, and the specific location for the said
permit shall be set forth in detail on the said application for the
exact location, length, width, and grade of the said proposed driveway.
The fee for each such permit shall be as set
from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council, payable at
the time of the submission for such permit to the Secretary of the
Borough of Riverside.
Each application shall be reviewed by the Secretary
of the Borough of Riverside, and the installation of each driveway
shall be made in accordance with and under the supervision of the
Borough Engineer, with the width of each driveway, together with the
grade of each driveway, set forth in detail by the Borough Engineer.
Each driveway shall have at the intersecting point of the public road
or street an eighteen-inch-diameter corrugated steel or plastic pipe
for the purpose of carrying surface water, and each pipe shall be
installed at the direction of and in accordance with the specific
directions of the Borough Engineer.
Any person or persons, firm, partnership, corporation,
or other entity found guilty of a violation of this chapter, upon
conviction thereon for a summary offense before a Magisterial District
Judge, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus
costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and
costs, shall be imprisoned in Northumberland County Jail for a term
not to exceed 30 days, provided that each day of violation of this
chapter shall constitute a separate and distinct offense under the
terms of this chapter and shall be subject to separate and distinct
penalties under this section.